A Meadows Afternoon - Friday, October 13th, 2017

We had a great Merlin show. Also, after being patient, the participants saw the Common Gallinule and Sora. The Virginia Rail called frequently but never showed. On the beach, several species of gulls and terns were spotted. Many scoter flew by and there was one Semipalmated Plover and a couple of Sanderlings. The ponds held a nice variety of ducks. Leaders: David La Puma, Barb Bassett.
49 species

40 Canada Goose
3 Mute Swan
6 Northern Shoveler
14 Gadwall
6 American Wigeon
40 Mallard
2 American Black Duck
4 Northern Pintail
18 Green-winged Teal
4 Surf Scoter
20 Black Scoter
100 Surf/Black Scoter
4 Double-crested Cormorant
60 Great Blue Heron
3 Great Egret
1 Snowy Egret
3 Glossy Ibis
2 Turkey Vulture
4 Osprey
1 Northern Harrier
2 Sharp-shinned Hawk
3 Cooper's Hawk
1 Virginia Rail -- Heard
1 Sora
1 Common Gallinule
4 American Coot
1 Semipalmated Plover
2 Sanderling
2 Wilson's snipe
400 Laughing Gull -- Along beach and in rips
2 Ring-billed Gull
50 Herring Gull
75 Great Black-backed Gull
30 Forster's Tern
2 Royal Tern
2 Mourning Dove
2 American Kestrel
8 Merlin
1 Peregrine Falcon
200 Tree Swallow
1 Carolina Wren
1 Gray Catbird
1 Northern Mockingbird
7 European Starling
2 Common Yellowthroat
30 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
3 Savannah Sparrow (Savannah)
4 Swamp Sparrow
4 House Sparrow